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OUR WORK
Defending Individual Rights
standing with the marginalized, ensuring every person’s rights are protected
Building Inclusive Community
mentoring the next generation of social justice leaders
Fueling SYSTEMIC Change
improving the systems by which all society attains and benefits from justice
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Photos | Street Vendor Project Celebrates 25th Anniversary During Annual Gala
QNS
"Twenty-five years of building this movement, bringing the vendor movement to where it is right now. We have recruited more than 3,700 members, all of whom are street vendors. We’re looking at a lot of progress over the last couple of years. Earlier this year, we passed the street vendor reform package. It’s a huge package of bills that will change the landscape of the street vendor and the street vending system. Offering licenses, creating services for the vendor community and so much more."
At City Hall, Advocates Call for $15 Million Fund to Support LGBTQ Immigrants
Gay City News
"Voces Latinas, Ali Forney Center, New Pride Agenda, the New York City Anti-Violence Project, the Sex Workers Project, and the Free to Be Youth Project were among other organizations involved in the City Hall rally."
NYC Added Safeguards to Homeless Encampment Sweeps. Are They Working?
New York Focus
"It is not completely surprising that only one homeless New Yorker has retrieved belongings from storage,” said Marika Dias, an attorney and the managing director of the Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project, the group leading the lawsuit that led to the court order."
